In November and December, there’s an unofficial circuit of international 7s tournament for American select sides and academies, starting with New York 7s, the Dubai Invitational and Barbados World 7s. This weekend is the final stop and includes five U.S.-based teams.
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American Rugby Pro Training Center (ARPTC) is a mixture of returners – like those who represented one of two teams at the 2019 club 7s national championship (*) – and USA 7s Eagles and pool players in Emily Henrich, Alena Olsen, Stephanie Rovetti and Kayla Lawson. Alex Wantlin from Wellington, Fla., and United’s Liz Tafuna are the high-achieving teenagers.
ARPTC
Lauren Ebeling*
Summer Harris-Jones*
Emily Henrich
Chloe Jex*
Jocelyn Jones
Kayla Lawson
Alena Olsen
Stephanie Rovetti
Kelli Smith*
Liz Tafuna
Hallie Taufoou*
Alex Wantlin
Nine of Atlantis’ 12 players come from Women’s Premier League clubs Glendale, Atlanta and Chicago North Shore. Princeton’s Coco Wallace and Sarah Dillender are the collegians, and Josie Ziluca took over the Ivy League program this fall. Lauren Thunen, who graduated UC Santa Barbara last spring, is the capped 7s Eagle.
ATLANTIS
KB Broughton – Glendale
Sarah Dillender – Princeton
Nicole Fisch – Chicago North Shore
Bridget Kahele – Atlanta
Danielle Ordway – Glendale
Lauren Thunen – USA Sevens
Juliann Tordonato – Glendale
Heidi Tressler – Atlanta
Lauren Trout – Chicago North Shore
Kadie Sanford – Chicago North Shore
Coco Wallace – Princeton
JT Wypych – Glendale
The Northeast Academy is comprised entirely of Americans, and Deanna Nash is the captain. Nash and Paige Stathopoulos are long-time Wolfpack members and moved to Colorado to play with the Glendale Merlins this fall season.
NORTHEAST ACADEMY
Dana Alimena – New York
Hannah Bogich – Boston
Tess Feury – New York
Isabel Haber – Beantown
Sarah Levy – New York
Deanna Nash (c) – Glendale
Shamira Robles – Atlanta
Frankie Sands – New York
Amanda Schweitzer – Beantown
Gianna Solomon – New York
Paige Stathopoulos – Glendale
Daisy Titus – Albany
The Roots have pulled from coast to coast, featuring players from New York to California, and also have international players from Barbados and Jamaica. The Roots have competed in Las Vegas, Carolina 9s and London 9s, as well as New York 7s.
ROOTS
Veronica Blair – USA / Jamaica
Paulyn Eugene – Barbados
Janna-Lise Granville – Barbados
Tiyanna Hooker – USA
Courtney Jessamy – USA
Tiara Littleton – USA
Carolyn Roach – USA / Jamaica
Tracey Smith – UK
Emilie Trotman – Barbados
Elona Williams – USA
Steph Yepez – USA
Scion is U.S. based but brings a diverse squad to the Caribbean. Eagle Kiki Morgan and Emily Fulbrook are the long-time Sirens, while Megan Rom and Olivia Ortiz bring USA 15s experience to the squad. Kate Herren also played with Scion while a USA 7s resident and has upped her rugby experience with the USMC team at the Armed Forces Championship. Marisa Hall comes out of the top DI Elite program, Lindenwood University. The rest of the roster is from England, New Zealand, Spain and Wales.
SCION SIRENS
Emily Fulbrook – Scion
Maria Marin Garcia – Spain
Marisa Hall – Lindenwood Univ
Kate Herren – USMC
Chantelle Miell – England
Kiki Morgan – Scion
Olivia Ortiz – Davenport Univ
Gemma Rowland – Wales
Megan Rom – Atlanta
Kendall Templeman – New Zealand
Florence Williams – England